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- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 10:59:22 EST
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- From: "Judith E. Schrier" <PRIMATE@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU>
- Subject: Re: An observation
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- >day. Maybe I won't take it down until the 31st -- the last day to let a
- >xmas tree stay up without risking bad luck. Did we discuss this topic last
- >year? Some people believe that it's bad luck to take the tree down before
- >NY's Day. Others (like me) believe that it's bad luck for it to stay up
- >past Dec. 31.
- > --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
-
- But there are people who feel that Epiphany is the right day to
- take down the tree (Anne next door, f'rinstance). They don't put
- them up until Xmas eve.
-
- judith
-